Stressed-out young man by Lightfield Studios, licensed from Adobe Stock

Stress: The Other Leading Obesity Cause

How many pounds do our stressful, high-pressure, low-reward lifestyles add?

The most stressful job I ever had added between 15 and 20 pounds to my frame. I’m not a big person so this definitely made me fat. My daughter commented on Thanksgiving (again) how thin I was, and emphasized, “You’re much thinner than you were when I was 15 or 16.”